There are a number of different reasons people fall behind in making monthly mortgage payments. You may lose your job or have your hours reduced. You might become ill and be without disability insurance. Or perhaps your spouse, who's responsible for paying the...
What is the probate process and how does it work?
When someone dies, their will has to be authenticated before any distributions to beneficiaries can be made. This probate process is presided over by a judge. He or she ensures that necessary steps are taken in settling an estate through probate and that, if no will...
What do supervised and unsupervised visitation entail?
Judges in recent years have aired on the side of awarding parents joint physical custody of their child whenever possible largely because scientific research shows that doing so is often in the best interest of the child.There are some situations, though, in which a...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and your ability to work
Michigan readers know there are various medical conditions that could prevent them from working and holding gainful employment. In many cases, individuals who are unable to work because of a medical condition could be eligible for certain types of support through the...
What does it take to receive SSDI benefits?
Let's face it. Most of us don't have a emergency fund to cover our everyday expenses if we were to be hurt on the job. Even if we did, it would only carry us for or so long.If any of us were to suffer a particularly debilitating injury making it impossible for us to...
Young or old, rich or poor: Why everyone needs a will
When it comes to wills, there are two common misconceptions about them. One is that many think that they're only important for older people or the rich and famous to have. Another is that you write it once and you never need to look at it again. Neither one of these...